During the 17 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Australia’s intelligence agencies have gained not only a massive boost in resources but also a corresponding prominence in public policy and the political debate. Today barely …

During Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s joint press conference following the summit, the Russian president proposed that special counsel Robert Mueller use the 1999 US–Russia Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty to make a formal request for …

No one yet knows what deals US President Donald Trump may have struck with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their private two-hour meeting in Helsinki. But it is already clear that Trump’s self-congratulations for striking …

For most James Bond devotees, M is the reassuring, somewhat fatherly figure in Ian Fleming’s novels who reluctantly deploys his favourite agent in dangerous, if not deadly, places. Bernard Lee played M wonderfully in the …

‘With an annual budget approaching $2 billion and about 7,000 staff spread across 10 agencies, it is clear to us that on size alone the Australian Government’s intelligence activities supporting national security are now …